S.C., Jayamanne (2000) Overview of the live marine fish trade and marine fish aquaculture in Sri Lanka. Aquaculture Asia, Vol.5 (4). p. 21. ISSN 0859-600X
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Sri Lanka is an island with a coastline of 1,585 km. The coastal ecosystems provide ideal habitats for marine fishes. Juveniles of marine fishes such as groupers (serranids), rabbitfishes (siganids), wrasses (labrids) and snappers (lutjanids) are marine fishes that are exploited and exported to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand for aquaculture industries and the aquarium trade. The trade of these marine fishes, which began in 1986, was variable in numbers and value. Trade had peaks in abundance and value in 1989 and 1993. In 1996, exports of these fishes were valued at 2,000,000 rupees. While lucrative and providing employment for many people, trade in live marine fishes has caused high exploitation rate and habitat destruction. It is believed that aquaculture will address some of these problems and the variability of the catch for exports. At present, the major constraint for the development of aquaculture is the lack of knowledge on the life histories of marine fisheries.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Marine Fish, Fisheries Trade, Aquaculture, Sri Lanka, Exports, Juveniles, Fisheries Statistics, Livelihood, Fishermen, Grouper, Coral Reefs |
| Subjects: | Fisheries Trade |
| Depositing User: | Varsha V icsf |
| Date Deposited: | 13 May 2022 10:51 |
| Last Modified: | 13 May 2022 10:51 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/13676 |
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